American Underdog, American Coach
Kurt Warner's Life After the Helmet: Faith, Family, and the Fourth Quarter of a Legendary CareerBy REGINALD A. ROSCOE
Length4h 17m
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American Underdog, American Coach
Kurt Warner's Life After the Helmet: Faith, Family, and the Fourth Quarter of a Legendary Career
Everyone knows the first half of the story: the grocery store clerk who slept on a cot in his in-laws' basement, the undrafted quarterback cut by the Packers, the Arena League unknown who somehow became a two-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl champion in the same season he was still, technically, a backup. Hollywood turned it into a movie. His own memoir told it in his words.
This book begins where those stories end.
American Underdog, American Coach traces Kurt Warner's full arc from a fractured childhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, through the wilderness years of arena football and NFL Europe, to the Greatest Show on Turf and two Super Bowl runs with two different franchises. But its real subject is the fifteen years since: the broadcast booth, the sons he coached through high school football, the wife who stood beside him through a tornado, a benching, and a Hall of Fame induction, and the gold jacket that finally arrived in Canton in 2017.
Drawing on years of public record, statistical archives, and Warner's own words across two decades of interviews, this is a biography that refuses the easy version of the underdog story. It's a harder, more honest account of what it actually costs to keep believing in yourself when the people making the decisions have every reasonable reason to say no and what it looks like to keep showing up anyway.
For readers of sports biography, faith-driven memoir, and anyone who has ever had to wait far longer than they expected for their moment to come.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Other
Length4 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Author’s Note
2Introduction
3Part One: The Long Shot
4Chapter One: Burlington, Iowa
5Chapter Two: Northern Iowa and the Long Wait
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6Chapter Three: Behind the Deli Counter
7Part Two: The Wilderness Years
8Chapter Four: Meeting Brenda
9Chapter Five: Arena Football and a Detour to Europe
10Chapter Six: Third String in St. Louis
11Part Three: The Miracle Season and the Greatest Show on Turf
12Chapter Seven: One Preseason Injury
13Chapter Eight: The Greatest Show on Turf
14Chapter Nine: MVP Again
15Chapter Ten: Fumbles and Benchings
16Part Four: The Fall and the Long Climb Back
17Chapter Eleven: A Rocky Stop in New York
18Chapter Twelve: Arizona and the Long Rebuild
19Chapter Thirteen: The Cardinals Redemption
20Chapter Fourteen: Walking Away
21Part Five: Life After the Helmet
22Chapter Fifteen: The Broadcast Booth and a New Platform
23Chapter Sixteen: Family, Faith, and the Warner Household
24Chapter Seventeen: Canton and the Screen
25Conclusion: Chapter Eighteen: What the Fourth Quarter Teaches Us
26Acknowledgments
27Appendix A: Career Statistics and Milestones
28Career Totals
29Major Awards and Honors
30Franchise and League Records at Time of Retirement
31Appendix B: Timeline of Key Dates
32Reading Group Guide
33Part One: The Long Shot
34Part Two: The Wilderness Years
35Part Three: The Miracle Season and the Greatest Show on Turf
36Part Four: The Fall and the Long Climb Back
37Part Five: Life After the Helmet
38Conclusion
39About the Author
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